View Single Post
  #16  
Old February 27th, 2005, 03:09 AM
cynlyn
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

I congratulate you, Linda, for making a connection between your weight and
the stress in your life and STILL having enough strength to do something to
fix it. Sometimes it's hard to still find the fight and not give up. You
haven't, and that's wonderful. Thanks for inspiring me today.

"Prairie Roots" wrote in message
...
I think it was early December when I last posted. Even then I was
struggling to maintain my focus and concentration on this WOE/WOL.
Body image was a real problem. My head refused to accept the fact that
the Small and Medium size clothes in my closet were actually mine and
fit, some even loosely. Then the holidays hit and when that voice in
my head telling me I was fat saw all the goodies on platters
throughout the office, all remaining resistance melted. I've been on a
feeding frenzy since.

Work has become all-consuming, and as a result, I've become
all-consuming as well. While my work life couldn't be any more
exciting and fun, the career stakes have never been higher, and thus,
I've fallen back on old coping (food) habits. Somehow I've got to find
some other way than eating to quell my nervous energies. I'm
embarrassed to say how much weight I've regained.

Now the clothes that I imagined were too small a couple of months ago
are, in fact, too small now. And this week, I noticed in the mirror
that my neck is starting to fill in, one of the first places fat
deposits itself in my body, after my abdomen. When I saw that, the
fat-fighting spirit that helped me the last time finally kicked in and
here I am. I rejoined the Y and have plans to go later today for my
first workout. I rejoined WW online this morning, and see, I'm back to
participating in the newsgroup.

The sun is shining, daylight is longer, and only 2 days remaining of
February. My biking club is gearing up for spring and summer riding,
and dangit! I'm gonna be ready!
--
Linda P
168.2/168.2/10% goal: 151
mini-goal: 165